Bend theory of river meanders. Part 1. Linear development

DOI10.1017/S0022112081000451zbMath0512.76052MaRDI QIDQ3657628

Kenji Sawai, Gary Parker, Syunsuke Ikeda

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

meandering channelalluvial meandersbend instabilitycharacteristic wavelengthsincised meandersinerodible sidewallsinstability of alternate-bar typerationale for continuous evolution of alternate bars into true bendssinuous channel with erodible banksstraight channelssupraglacial meltwater streams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows (76E20) Geophysics (86A99)

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Cites Work

• On the cause and characteristic scales of meandering and braiding in rivers
• On the origin of meandering and braiding in alluvial streams

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